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Show i tit ,..11 .i 1. ii ihimiii in iiw i Him niiiMi m ana Bui iiiw w MuMiMTiiOTgrTM wnmwinTTTf i mil ill TmnrmffliminT iii nmmmmrTwwyaT S Movies E2 O TV Listings E2 : : Sunday, April 2, 1995 The Daily Hsrald '.'Jfi: t 1, - 1 St : - .'T 'f. - : I r -- t J ' f - f i : . - i 1-- -- - ,k 4 J -- : el i v i - - :. r j' ' , i - r - ' f rsfc' V- - f 5 ' The Springviile Museum of Art's sculpture (.,4 -- vv 2,--- col- lection includes this piece, titled "Mountain Man," by Angelo Caravaglia. (It 4 f , I K "(The museum hopes to) acquire the major masterpieces of Utah art, both past and future, so the museum can become the best place to see the art of our people." Vern Swanson, Spiingvilie Museum of Art. Both the muse- um, which opened in 1937, and the city of Dennic Smith' sculpture "New Brother" is among the sculptures gracing the lawn et the museum director Springville have a rich history in supporting the arts in Utah. J Art, history merge at museum and valued at $5.5 million. Hafen's donation was soon followed by a contribution of a sculpture by Springviile native son Cyrus E. Dailin. He offered a plaster model of his famed Boston sculpture of Paul Revere, a corn- - By LAURIE WILLIAMS SOW BY j Special to The Daily Herald The Springviile Museum of Art celebrating its 58th anniversary the annual Spring Salon and art ball approach. But the arts were in long Springviile before the museum i$ was. IThe pioneers who settled the area more than 130 years ago regularly presented plays and musicals, and the town once had come as the result of a suggestion 70 years ago by Hafen's salon son, Virgil, that a Paris-typ- e be held every year and the prize painfing purchased. Yvonne Johnson, who attended the old high school east of where teumum hosts annual Art BaS! the New Wing" it the theme of this year's ball. All donations will go The Springviile Art Ball Saturday will offer a preview of the 71st annual Spring Salon, as well toward building the new wing. as food and entertainment. The event begins at 7 p.m. at the Springviile Museum of Art, 126 V the museum now stands on Fourth South and who has long served on the museum's board of directors, remembers the time well. Students were involved in hanging the show, she said, "and we nished by the SpruigviUe always looked for our Chamber School favorite artists." High ritory. and South. Orchestra QuinShe said the stuE.400 of the ijn spring The 29th annual ball is tessence, with dance dents' daily familiari1903, an art collection a fund-raisfor the music by the O'Neil was born with the ty with the school's bufBand. A Miner be will which museum, light donation of Mountain paintings "gave us a window on the world Stream by local artist adding a new wing in fet will be available and us. Many students conjunction with the throughout the evening John Mafen. As he were attracted to the state's centennial in as patrons browse presented the painting for 1996. seascapes, since that's "Spring Fling to Springviile Schools (See BALL, Page E2 L.F.. something we'd never Superintendent seen. is Hafen Eggertsen, An annual essay assignment and won Daniel he'd over mission he said have to hoped reported that "litis picture would serve as a Chester French when Dailin was contest went along with the show. Students chose their favorite work nucleus around which an art coljust As the collection grew, so did in the April Salon and wrote about lection would grow that would be whether the interest of students at the old it for English class a credit not only to Springviile, not. or wanted to but to the entire state." That hope Springviile High School, where, they "Some of them will still tell you has been realized, with the art by 1930, paintings crowded the much they hated doing it," how the and museum's permanent collection hallways poorly lighted now numbering more than 1,400 auditorium. Part of that growth (Se ART, Page E2) boasted the best opera house in the Utah Ter- Music will be fur- er i''". W ' V 'mi. in ii - J iiK r ; . Fli- .4 K jb( is Vm'SVA-- i.t t ... a'. --i i. &i The red ceramic floor tiles in the Springviile of Art were made on the site by Virgil Hafen during the museum's construction. Claude Ashworth was the architect for the museum. A) iy . Daily Herald photos by Jennifer Grigg far John Hafen's painting "Hollyhocks," donated to the Springviile Museum of Art In its early days, is one of the most popular paintings at the museum, Recording to museum director Vern Swanson. |